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Articles Posted in the Politics Category

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  Brown, Pritikin to Co-Host Unveiling of World’s Largest Portrait Mural

  by Luke Thomas on Oct 21, 2009 | 1 Comment

  The world’s largest portrait mural by artist Guy Colwell will be officially unveiled Sunday at the Pritikin Mansion in San Francisco. Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas October 21, 2009 Former Mayor Willie Brown…

  Posted in Arts/Entertainment, Culture, Events, News, Politics

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  Proposition D is a Billboard Scam

  by FCJ Editor on Oct 14, 2009 | 7 Comments

  By Ian Fletcher, guest editorial October 14, 2009 In this November’s election, commercial interests are doing their best to ruin downtown San Francisco. Their primary initiative—Proposition D—would create an exemption to current law and allow…

  Posted in Opinion, Politics

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  Lessons from Loma Prieta, October 17, 1989

  by FCJ Editor on Oct 13, 2009 | 8 Comments

  Former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos. Photo by Luke Thomas By Art Agnos October 13, 2009 Twenty years ago, the whole world watched as San Francisco faced its greatest disaster in modern times. Loma Prieta’s…

  Posted in Opinion, Politics

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  Open Letter to the San Francisco Planning Commission

  by Jim Meko on Oct 11, 2009 | 3 Comments

  Western SoMa Citizens Planning Task Force Chair, Jim Meko. By Jim Meko October 12, 2009 During the dot com boom, speculative land use development swept over the formerly industrial portions of San Francisco. Families and…

  Posted in Politics

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  Activists Storm Leno’s Office,
  Demand Schwarzenegger Veto Privatization Bill

  by Luke Thomas on Oct 10, 2009 | 8 Comments

  Activists representing POWER entered the San Francisco offices of Senator Mark Leno yesterday to protest legislation he authored that would transfer State parkland to a private developer. Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas October…

  Posted in News, Politics

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  Noam Chomsky: Crisis and Hope in the Age of Obama

  by William Chadwick on Oct 08, 2009 | 9 Comments

  In spite of the many evils committed under the two Bush regimes, Chomsky warned that it was the Clinton Doctrine, claiming the US has the right to use extreme force to preserve its global interests, was the most sinister.

  Posted in Politics

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  Pelosi Adds Voice to Open Source Voting Systems Momentum

  by Luke Thomas on Oct 07, 2009 | No Comments

  Christine Pelosi discusses open source voting systems with Open Voting Consortium founder Alan Dechert during a fundraiser last week in San Francisco. Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas October 7, 2009 The famous quote,…

  Posted in News, Politics